This chart is courtesy of Dr. Plait. I doubt the average American would understand it nor appreciate it, hence it’s why the WSJ hack has all his fallacious wiggle room…no, lets not mince words, it’s why he can spread an outright lie.
I was already familiar with the term and defense of theory from Scientific American‘s piece about Evolution. The best rebuttal to use with Intelligent Designers (an oxymoron at best) and Creationists is to remind them how well the theories about gravity are working out.